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- In India, a devadasi is a female artist who is dedicated to the worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life. The dedication takes...
- Devadasi is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Biju Varkey, starring Nishanth Sagar and Jeneesha. It was released on 12 September 1999...
- Bombay Devadasi Protection Act (1934) was p****ed by the Bombay High Court under British India to protect existing Devadasis and prevent the dedication...
- The Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act (also called the Tamil Nadu Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act or the Madras Devadasi Act) is a...
- become the Devadasi in times where the Devadasis were commonly ****ociated with prostitution, is forced to serve men, who approach Devadasis with superstitious...
- among them who was alive. At the age of 12, Sashimani was inducted into Devadasi Seva after being ceremonially married to Lord Jagannath at the age of 7...
- Devadasi (transl. Woman dedicated to the service of God) is a 1948 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Manik Lal Tandon and T. V. Sundaram. The film...
- actress Rekha. Gemini Ganesan was born in a Devadasi family as Ramasamy Ganesan in 1920 to Ramasamy and the Devadasi Gangammal. Ganesan's grandfather, Narayanaswami...
- Her mother was Chandrammal, a Devadasi. Her father was ostracised from his family because of his marriage to a Devadasi. She developed a close relationship...
- to abolish the Devadasi system, were instrumental in the p****age of the Madras Devadasi (Prevention of Dedication) Act or the Devadasi Abolition Bill...